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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

\\l. Ill'. ADLE, l. D. MILES, AND G. CUSTER, 0F MORR-ISTOWN, lA.

IM PRVEMENT IN CORNfPLANTERS.

Specification forming part of Leiters Patent No. 30,708, date-d November 27. 1860.

To all 'whom it may concern Be it known that we, Win.- H. ADLE, P. I). MILES, and G. CUSTER,of Morristown, in the county of Montgomery and State of Pennsyl- Vania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Planters; and we do hereby declare that the following is a. clear, full, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, in which- `Figure l is a plan view, Fig. 2 a sideeleva tion, and Fig. 3 a vertical section, of the maframe A in its right position, and also to allow it being operated upon in the manner hereinafter mentioned.- p

C is a shalt secured on the under side and in the center of frame D.

B B are the main or driving wheels.

g is a shovel-plow secured at the front end and in the center of frame A. hy is a side turnplow situated at the opposite end otsaid frame, but a little to the right of the center. AThe object of the plow g is to prepare a furrow for the grain and manure, while that of the plow h is to follow and cover up the grain.

E 'represents acog-wheel securedlon [matt G. F and G are also two cog-wheels, which are secured on top ot' frame D, and are operated by means of the cog-wheel E 1n the manner shown ju the drawings.

` m is a. shaft, extending longitudinally from end to end of the top frame and secured loosely to said frame by staples.

`n n are two levers' attached to the shaft m.

To each of the levers are attached short chains o o. The opposite ends of these chains are secured to the lower frame, A, as fully shown in Fig. 2..

p is a` lever at the endet' shaft nz for the purpose'of operating it. Thus it will be seen that the lower frame, A, may be either elevated or lowered by means of the lever p. The inner ends ofthe shaft, upon which the cog-wheels F and G are secured, are provided with a double or compound crank, as fully 'represented in Fig. l.

J J are pitmen connecting the seed and ma nure slides c c to the short arm of the cranks.

H is a. trough, in which the hoppers K K are placed. The bottom of this trough is provided with two holes for the escape of the grain and manure to the discharge-spouts 1t R. Inthe manure-discharge spout is secured a cone, w, for the purpose of citcctually equalizing the distribution of the manure as it falls. Each of the discharge-spouts is so attached to the un- 4der side of the trough it they will rock br oscillate when operated upon in a manner hereinafter shown. I

L L are rods which connect the large cranks to the dischargespouts. The stroke of said spouts' may be regulated by graduated holes in a piece of metal welded on them, as shown in Fig. l. 4

r represents a clutch-coupling,and ua lever attached toit. Thus may the machine be readily thrown in and out ot' gear.

The operation ot' our invention is as Iollows: The fertilizing material, of whatever `nature it may be, ils placed in the hind hopper and the grain in the front one. The two plows being properly adjusted by means of lever p, motion is'. given to the machine, and the slides areJ'orced alternately under the hoppen-s. When becoming filled they are drawn back over the holes in the-trough, falling through into the dischargespouts. Theirconten ts are deposited in the same place by means of the automatic motion given to the discharge-sponts, a furrow havingbeeu previouslyprepared by the shovelplow. The side turn-plow advances and covers up the gram vand manure together.

2 A v Y sonos Having thus fully described our inuermon,

' `what; we c1aim,'a.n'd desire to secure by LettersI h Paten t, is.-

. I.v The combinationof -the two frames A and D, standards@ a, shaft m, audchains o o, all beingarranged substantial] y as and forthe pury.pose set forth.

2. VHoppers K K5' trough H5 slides c substantially as' and forv `the purpose'herein set forth and described.

e In witnessthat we claim the foregoing we 'ave hereunto set our hands in the presence of the subscribing witnesses.

WILLIAM H. ADLE. PEEsToN D. MILES. GEORGE CUSTER. Witnesses:

THos. W. PotrTs,' IsAAQBoLTEN,

J AMEs- CRozIER, WILLIAM J. BOLTON, ALEXANDER HoovEN, HENRY BAKER. 

